#real!!!!!!!

jonathan, who’s a weirdo, but not loud or boisterous like eddie The Freak munson. if steve had to say anything, he’d say that, actually, jonathan was — relatively normal. well, not really; not many eighteen year olds were flung into a metaphorical parent role at the ripe age of thirteen.

it’s painfully evident the guy’s been through a lot. he’s an outcast, does his photography shit and tends to have a freakishly good read on people. but really. really. he wasn’t a single thing like the typical ‘freaks’ - eddie. talking to him — steve thought, he’s really… down to earth, actually. awkward, sure, but not many people are true, unadulterated social butterflies.

his music taste is really cool. nothing overwhelming, (though from what steve’s seen of bowie’s stage and fashion style…) and he’d make anyone a mix if they asked. will asides, he knew little wheeler, max and lucas were in possession of a jonathan-byers-mixtape filled with songs he thought they’d like, from the kids’ vague suggestions. making mixtapes isn’t that easy — that much even steve knows. so his little passion projects for whoever so desires is… admirable, actually. sweet.

talking to him comes surprisingly easy. so easy, that it’s frightening. once you’re past that wall, anyways. that monstrous wall (which of course steve bunny-hopped over, suave and charming). and steve never understoof comfortable silence until his friendship with jonathan. with nancy, he was always comfortable, absolutely. but there was always that urge. that itch. i should say anything, tell a joke? it’s getting quiet.

jonathan will be reading a book and steve would fiddle away with jon’s acoustic guitar at the edge of the bed. most of the time, there’d be a vinyl playing, or something in the stereo.

and by god he cares for his brother, his sister, his mom — always trying to shield him behind his protector wing, no matter how scraggly and worn that wing is. it’s in his nature, but something about it… depresses steve, almost. how jonathan has adapted into such a protector role, one he never had. steve, too, is a protector, would consider himself one. but the circumstances are different, much so.

Yeppers this is my ‘cat’ alt.

(Alt I believe in their humanoid form is much taller than 🏹 who is 6’1”)

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